Attorney General resignation

Attorney General Gonzales resigns

According to this CNN report, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales plans to step down from office September 17, 2007.

AG Website

I've discovered a new website:
http://www.agwatch.org/

The AGAgendaWatch has some great information about what is happening in each state's AG office. Here's a description of the site: "AG Agenda Watch is a project of the American Tort Reform Association to monitor the litigation and political agenda of state attorneys general."

You can also join their mailing list of new press releases.

It's worth a look!

More on SSN redacting

News media update - The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Feb.
26, 2007

Social Security numbers must be removed from records

An attorney general opinion has prompted county officials to block
access to records that may contain Social Security numbers as they make the
necessary redactions.

First seen at TVC Alert Research News 27 February 2007.

Texas Courts to Remove SSNs

Finally!
Here's something we law librarians have talked about concerning social security numbers on court documents and it looks like the Texas Attorney General Office has issued an opinion on this topic.

GA-0519 published on Feb. 26th, 2007
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/ga/ga0519.pdf

Read carefully thru the 13-page opinion. This could mean no or limited access to public records.